Our Resources

The selling of custom merchandise today is a $50+ billion dollar business. With few exceptions, most of this business is focused strictly on making profits. Honesty and transparency about the various supply chains through which merchandise travels is hard to find, to the detriment of people and the planet.  Little is known about the working conditions and environmental circumstances surrounding this merchandise, the “stuff” of commerce.

These sweatfree, union, fair trade, buy local, and environmental organizations are resources helping to get out the truth. Without the good work they do, Solidarity eXchange would find it difficult to define the "ethical" part of our tagline. Though nothing in this listing should imply an endorsement by these organizations of Solidarity eXchange, we support their missions personally and as a company.  We strongly encourage anyone interested in applying for the Solidarity eXchange Fellowship Program to explore the resources these groups have to offer.

Sweatfree CommunitiesInternational Labor Rights ForumWorker Rights Consortium
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The American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

Student Labor Action Project (SLAP)United Students for Fair Trade (USFT)
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Change to WinFair Trade FederationTransfair
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Oxfam International and CHANGE Initiative

United Association for Labor Education (UALE)Jobs with Justice
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STITCH: Women Organizing for Worker JusticeUS Labor Education in the Americas ProjectProgressive Jewish Alliance
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Labor-Religion Coalition of New York StateEnvironmental Working GroupOrganic Consumers Association
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 350.org www.350.org
 Agricultural Justice Project www.agriculturaljusticeproject.org
 Alliance for Climate Protection www.climateprotect.org
 American Rights at Work www.americanrightsatwork.org
 Asia Monitor Resource Center www.amrc.org.hk
 Behind the Label www.behindthelabel.org
 Business Alliance for Local Living Economies www.livingeconomies.org
 Campus Progress www.campusprogress.org
 Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs www.cceia.org
 Catholic Relief Services www.crs.org
 Clean Clothes Campaign www.cleanclothes.org
 Climate Ground Zero www.climategroundzero.org
 Coalition of Immokalee Workers www.ciw-online.org
 Commission for the Verification of Codes of Conduct (COVERCO) www.coverco.org
 Domestic Fair Trade Association www.dftassociation.org
 Educating for Justice www.educatingforjustice.org
 Enlace Institute www.enlaceintl.org
 Ethical Trading Initiative www.ethicaltrade.org
 Fair Trade Resource Network www.fairtraderesource.org
 Fair Trade Towns www.fairtradetownsusa.org
 Fair Workplace Council www.fairworkplace.org
 FairTrade Labeling Organizations International www.fairtrade.net
 Fair Wear Foundation www.fairwear.org
 Forest Stewardship Council www.fscus.org
 Garment Worker Center www.garmentworkercenter.org
 Global Exchange www.globalexchange.org
 Global March Against Child Labour www.globalmarch.org
 Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org
 Green America www.greenamericatoday.org
 Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org
 International Labor Organization www.ilo.org
 International Rights Advocates www.iradvocates.org
 International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers Federation www.itglwf.org
 Joint Initiative on Corporate Accountability and Workers Rights www.jo-in.org
 Labor Arbitration Institute www.laborarbitrationinstitute.com
 Labor Notes www.labornotes.org
 Labour Behind the Label www.labourbehindthelabel.org
 Lutheran World Services www.lwr.org
 Maquila Solidarity Network www.en.maquilasolidarity.org
 MoveOn www.moveon.org
 National Labor Committee www.nlcnet.org
 Not for Sale www.notforsalecampaign.org
 Organic Trade Association www.ota.com
 PICO National Network www.piconetwork.org
 Power Shift www.energyactioncoalition.org
 Rugmark / Goodweave www.goodweave.org
 Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) - USA www.rafiusa.org
 School of the Americas Watch www.soaw.org
 Social Accountability International www.sa-intl.org
 Solidarity Center www.solidaritycenter.org
 Solidarity Economy Network www.populareconomics.org
 Thai Labour Campaign www.thailabour.org/en
 The Climate Project www.theclimateproject.org
 The National Mobilization Against Sweatshops www.nmass.org
 TIE Asia www.tieasia.org
 United Food and Commercial Workers www.ufcw.org
 Union Label & Service Trades Department www.unionlabel.org
 UNITE HERE www.unitehere.org
 United Farm Workers of America www.ufw.org
 United States Social Forum - Detroit 2010 www.ussf2010.org
 United States Student Association www.usstudents.org
 Verité www.verite.org
 War on Want www.waronwant.org
 Women Working Worldwide www.women-ww.org
 Workers United www.workersunitedunion.org
 World Fair Trade Organization www.wfto.com